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  <section id="export-library-dependencies">
<span id="command:export_library_dependencies"></span><h1>export_library_dependencies<a class="headerlink" href="#export-library-dependencies" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
<p>Disallowed since version 3.0.  See CMake Policy <span class="target" id="index-0-policy:CMP0033"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../policy/CMP0033.html#policy:CMP0033" title="CMP0033"><code class="xref cmake cmake-policy docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMP0033</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>Use <span class="target" id="index-0-command:install"></span><a class="reference internal" href="install.html#export" title="install(export)"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">install(EXPORT)</span></code></a> or <span class="target" id="index-0-command:export"></span><a class="reference internal" href="export.html#command:export" title="export"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">export()</span></code></a> command.</p>
<p>This command generates an old-style library dependencies file.
Projects requiring CMake 2.6 or later should not use the command.  Use
instead the <span class="target" id="index-1-command:install"></span><a class="reference internal" href="install.html#export" title="install(export)"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">install(EXPORT)</span></code></a> command to help export targets from an
installation tree and the <span class="target" id="index-1-command:export"></span><a class="reference internal" href="export.html#command:export" title="export"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">export()</span></code></a> command to export targets from a
build tree.</p>
<p>The old-style library dependencies file does not take into account
per-configuration names of libraries or the
<span class="target" id="index-0-prop_tgt:LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES.html#prop_tgt:LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES" title="LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES</span></code></a> target property.</p>
<div class="highlight-cmake notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nf">export_library_dependencies(</span><span class="nv">&lt;file&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="no">APPEND</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="nf">)</span>
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<p>Create a file named <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;file&gt;</span></code> that can be included into a CMake listfile
with the INCLUDE command.  The file will contain a number of SET
commands that will set all the variables needed for library dependency
information.  This should be the last command in the top level
CMakeLists.txt file of the project.  If the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">APPEND</span></code> option is
specified, the SET commands will be appended to the given file instead
of replacing it.</p>
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